FALL RIVER — School officials said teaching students about the dangers of irresponsibly using technology continues to be an ongoing effort after a page appeared Wednesday on Facebook that contained graphic nude and semi-nude images of local teenagers.

"It's a good time to remind everyone we have a responsibility to guide our students to responsibly use technology," said Superintendent Meg Mayo-Brown on Thursday afternoon before police announced that a 17-year-old boy was arrested in connection with the case.

Mayo-Brown said she alerted all principals in the school district Wednesday night when news of the page, which was called "Fall River Hooters," spread.

Mayo-Brown said she has been in constant contact with police Chief Daniel Racine but said she did not "have any facts of the investigation."

As of Thursday afternoon, it was still not known which schools the photographed students are from or whether they are current students.

Though the incident appears to have been widely known among students at B.M.C. Durfee High School, "it hasn't disrupted the school day," Mayo-Brown said.

"A lot of my classmates were talking about it," said Cara Mullenhour, a Durfee senior who was at Matthew J. Kuss Middle School on Thursday afternoon for Drug Facts Week passing out informational materials with the Bristol County District Attorney's office.

Mullenhour said she felt bad for the victims whose pictures were posted on the page.

"It's disrespectful," she said. "The blame isn't all on them."

Mullenhour said it poses questions about other people's trustworthiness.

After the school day was over, students outside Durfee said they were aware that the Facebook page existed, although most hadn't actually seen it.

Durfee Principal Paul Marshall said the school already has programs targeted at increasing students' awareness of Internet privacy, bullying and sexting issues. Those programs are held through partnerships with the Bristol County sheriff's office and the district attorney's office.

School Committee member Melissa Panchley said the school department had debriefed the committee on the incident.

"It's in the police's hands now," Panchley said, adding that the district has Internet safety programs for students in all age groups.

Within hours of the "Fall River Hooters" page's appearance on Wednesday, it was widely viewed and had received roughly 800 likes. It also elicited multiple complaints.

When asked via email about Facebook's response to the matter, Matt Steinfeld, a spokesman for the social media network, responded by sending links to the network's community standards as well as a link to a guide titled "What happens after you click 'report.'"

The guide states that a report of misuse is referred to different teams responsible for looking at the various types of potential abuse.

"If one of these teams determines that a reported piece of content violates our policies or our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, we will remove it and warn the person who posted it. In addition, we may also revoke a user's ability to share particular types of content or use certain features, disable a user's account, or if need be, refer issues to law enforcement," the page reads.

Page 2 of 2 - The "Fall River Hooters" Facebook page follows another recent investigation that also involved minors and inappropriately used technology. Police in nearby Lakeville have been investigating a sexting incident that occurred earlier in January at Apponequet Regional High School. Officials in the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District have declined to comment on the matter.